All issues > Volume 35(9); 1992

Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1992;35(9):1255-1262. Published online September 15, 1992.

Three Cases of Post-transfusion Hepatitis C

Kyung Un KU No¹, Ho Seong HS Kim¹, Ji Won JW Choi¹, Dong Wook DW Kim¹, Cheol Ho CH Jang¹, Beom Su BS Park¹, Jeong Kee JK Seo¹, Gyeong Hoon GH Kang², Je Geun JG Chi²

¹Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
²Department of Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

Hepatitis C virus has been known to be the main cause of post-transfusion non-A, non-B hepatitis. The authors experienced three cases of hepatitis C. All were associated with blood transfusions. They had no specific symptoms, and the levels of aminotransferases were markedly elevated and showed severe fluctuations in two cases. Anti-HCV tested two or three times were all positive, and the serologic markers for other hepatitis agents were all negative except positivive HBsAb in one case. But anti-HCV of the mothers of the patients were all negative. The findings of liver biopsy in one case were compatible with chronic persistent hepatitis.

Keywords :Hepatitis C virus, Anti-HCV